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Point guards moving quickly made this trade deadline a transition game. Goran Dragic, Michael Carter-Williams, Reggie Jackson and Brandon Knight all were dealt Thursday in the final hours that trades were allowed, as a number of teams handed their keys to different drivers. Kevin Garnett also has a new address — his original NBA one. The Timberwolves brought him back to Minnesota by sending Thaddeus Young to Brooklyn. There were so many players on the move in deals agreed to shortly before the 3 p.m. deadline that most of the transactions were still awaiting NBA approval hours later. Dragic and Jackson were two players to watch on deadline day, because neither was expected to...

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Point guards moving quickly made this trade deadline a transition game.Goran Dragic, Michael Carter-Williams, Reggie Jackson and Brandon Knight all were dealt Thursday in the final hours that trades were allowed, as a number of teams handed their keys...

NEW YORK -- Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook scored 41 points, one shy of the NBA All-Star Game record, leading the Western Conference past the East 163-158 on Sunday night.Westbrook had a record 27 points by halftime...

NEW YORK — Kobe Bryant won't play in Sunday's All-Star game, his season already over because of a shoulder injury. Dwyane Wade will also skip it because of a sore hamstring. Carmelo Anthony is here, a reasonable expectation because the New York Knicks are...

NEW YORK — Carmelo Anthony had 31 points and 10 rebounds, Lance Thomas scored a season-high 17 points against his former team and the New York Knicks beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 100-92 on Wednesday night.Langston Galloway added 18 points and Tim...

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Russell Westbrook scored 32 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 105-78 victory over the New York Knicks on Friday night at the Chesapeake Energy Arena.The game was the first for the Thunder all-star point guard...

Five members of the gold medal winning lineup at the 2008 Bejing Games were included in the 12-man U.S. Olympic basketball team announced by USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo on Saturday. LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul and...

Kevin Durant will be out at least another week for the Oklahoma City Thunder, but Russell Westbrook could return Wednesday against the Philadelphia 76ers. Thunder coach Scott Brooks made the announcements Tuesday at practice. Durant had surgery on Feb. 22...

The Lakers (16-41) take a three-game winning streak into their Sunday afternoon battle against a short-handed Oklahoma City Thunder (32-27) squad at Staples Center.
The Thunder will be without Russell Westbrook, who suffered a broken bone in his face...

The Lakers' big men were called out by their coach.
He called them out for not being physical enough against the far more physical Oklahoma City Thunder big men.
The biggest issue Lakers Coach Byron Scott had with his big men during their 108-101 loss...

Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook had surgery to repair a fracture to his right cheek Saturday and the NBA's hottest player will miss at least a game. The Thunder said the surgery took place in Los Angeles, where they will play the Lakers on Sunday, and...

After the Portland Trail Blazers overcame Russell Westbrook's third straight triple-double, Damian Lillard sensed his team was recapturing its form of earlier this season. Oklahoma City can only hope it didn't lose Westbrook along with the game. Lillard...

The Dallas Mavericks suspended Rajon Rondo for their game Wednesday night in Atlanta for conduct detrimental to the team, a day after the point guard had a heated exchange on the court with coach Rick Carlisle and was benched. Carlisle said he must...

Klay Thompson scored 25 points, Stephen Curry had 22 and the Golden State Warriors never trailed in an emphatic 113-89 victory over the struggling Toronto Raptors on Friday night at Toronto.
Draymond Green had 17 points and nine rebounds for the...

Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star point guard Russell Westbrook underwent surgery Saturday to repair a fracture in his right cheekbone and will not play against the Lakers on Sunday.
Sam Presti, the Thunder's executive vice president and general manager,...

Unfortunately for the Bulls, they are well-versed in dealing with a Derrick Rose knee injury.
So they reacted to Rose's second right medial meniscus tear the way one might predict — with initial shock and then, quickly, empathy and resolve.
The Bulls...

LOS ANGELES Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook underwent facial surgery Saturday and will miss at least one game and perhaps more, the team said. Westbrook, the All-Star Game Most Valuable Player, had a successful procedure to address a...

The hand-wringing over and scrutiny of Derrick Rose's up-and-down play as he attempted his second comeback from successive season-ending knee surgeries has defined this Bulls season.
Now, almost unbelievably, a familiar chapter has changed the narrative....

Unfortunately for the Bulls, they are well-versed in dealing with a Derrick Rose knee injury.
So after their Wednesday morning shootaround, they reacted to Rose’s second right medial meniscus tear the way one might expect -- with shock, empathy and...

Russell Westbrook had 20 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, and the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Indiana Pacers 105-92 on Tuesday night for their seventh straight win. Westbrook claimed his third triple-double of the season and the 11th of his...

The Charlotte Hornets lost their fourth in a row Saturday, returning from the All-Star break for a 110-103 home loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. It was the Hornets' ninth consecutive loss to the Thunder, which improved to 30-25. The Hornets fell...